The Caspian Fleet’s flagship - the Tatarstan - has conducted live firing exercises at sea, head of the Southern Military District’s press service Vadim Astafyev said.

"The crew of the Tatarstan missile ship has successfully hit air, sea and shore targets with various types of shipboard weapons, including the AK-630M artillery system, the AK-176M artillery mount and the Palash air defense artillery system," TASS cited Astafyev as saying.